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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
  • Author(s): Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
  • Location(s): Kabul
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi and all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own. The...

The Dressmaker’s Gift

The Dressmaker’s Gift
  • Author(s): Fiona Valpy
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Paris, 1940. With the city occupied by the Nazis, three young seamstresses go about their normal lives as best they can. But all three are hiding secrets. War-scarred Mireille is fighting with the Resistance; Claire has been seduced by...

The Dressmaker’s Parcels

The Dressmaker’s Parcels
  • Author(s): Silvano Stagni
  • Genre(s): Historical, Cozy Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

Emma Mendes was a girl from an upper-class Venetian family; she led a comfortable life. She was the eldest daughter of one of the few professional couples in 1930s Venice and planned to become a lawyer like her mother....

The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights

The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights
  • Author(s): Kitty Zeldis
  • Location(s): Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1924

Brooklyn, 1924. As New York City enters the jazz age, the lives of three very different women are about to converge in unexpected ways. Recently arrived from New Orleans, Beatrice is working to establish a chic new dress shop...

The Drifter’s Kiss

The Drifter’s Kiss
  • Author(s): Devon McKay
  • Location(s): Montana
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary/present time

Addison Reed doesn’t want to believe her foreman and family friend is responsible for her missing stock, but the man isn’t making it easy. Hoping to prove he’s innocent, she follows him into a seedy bar and finds herself...

The Drive

The Drive
  • Author(s): Tyler Keevil
  • Location(s): California, Nevada, Pacific Northwest
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A single call from his Czech girlfriend catapults Trevor into a serious crisis. Desperate to get his mojo back, he blazes down Highway 99 in a rented Dodge Neon. But soon his journey to California is fraught with peril,...

The Driver’s Seat

The Driver’s Seat
  • Author(s): Muriel Spark
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Novella
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants’ office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But...

The Drowned

The Drowned
  • Author(s): John Banville
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1950s

A Strafford and Quirke Murder Mystery The richly atmospheric new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow. He had seen drowned people. A sight not to be forgotten. 1950s, rural Ireland. A loner...

The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove 1)

The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove 1)
  • Author(s): K J Maitland
  • Location(s): Bristol
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1606

Gunpowder and treason changed England forever. But the tides are turning and revenge runs deep in this compelling historical thriller for fans of C.J. Sansom, Andrew Taylor’s Ashes of London , Kate Mosse and Blood & Sugar . 1606....

The Drowning Hour

The Drowning Hour
  • Author(s): S K Tremayne
  • Location(s): Essex
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A hotel brimming with wealthy guests Surrounded by the Blackwater estuary, The Stanhope hotel sits on a beautiful remote island. Tonight is the grand reopening, and organiser Hannah watches the guests with pride. Celebration leads to tragedy But as...

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